West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-09
A DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
Sick Mans Wife Dlsrsgards the Druggists
Advice and So Saves the Life Of
Her Husband.

wife though; L was no more than right
that ShOat -, YOU know what your
remedy has done for me. and l think
So too.
| live in East 18th street, west Of
Third avenue. and have lived there for
about twenty-three years. where own
real estate. Up to the time am about
10 mention had been strong, well
man. There was always more or less
malaria in the neighborhood, but l had
not personally suffered from it. 1t was
ia 1880 had my first attack. 1t came
ON as such attacks commonly do, with
headaches. loss Of appetite and ambi-
ton, chilly sensations with slight fever
afterwards. disposition to yawn and
stretch. and 50 forth was employed
nj that time At Killians & Brothers,
furniture manufacturers. in West SD
street. hoped the attack would wear
oil. but IS il didn't consulted we'll
known and able physician in Morris
ania. who gave me q mime and told me
what TO do can sum up the first four
and half or i've years of my expert
cnce in few words. Occasionally |
was laid up for a day or two, but on
the whole : ,tg-.> 10 my work. kept
taking on. -.nr. in larger doses from
=. ar 10 yr,... rud kept ON getting weak
or and V.r,r. slowly but surely, all the
time. r., trouble WAS now well de-
tined am u- ,ymptoms were steady and
REGULAR. nd dumb ague in its worst
irrm. and IL was grinding me down in
spite of ID. shat could do or the doc
tors could 10. 1t held me in grip Ike
IRE "a 6,trHi2g coal mine. The poison
had zone all through and over me and
nothing was able 10 touch ii. was
fast losing flesh and strength, and about
March, 1884, knocked off nrk entire
Is and went home to be dOwu lex, and
10 die for all could tell. Ira Town so
rapidly that | soon became uUaNlc TO
walk any distance. Later l WI, icOm
room Ia room i'm my own house nnl, by
friends holding me up by each arm. The
doses Of quinine were increased until 1
Of 20 look thirty grains at dose. The
elects If this tremendous stimulation
W. % make me nearly wild. 1t broke
nv sleep all up. and | often walked he
floor, or staggered about it, all night
hong. scarcely able TO bear any noises
or even human speech. My temper
was extremely irritable. As to food,
one of my little cail,lrcn would eat
more in y meal than |. could in n day.
/ would order food and then turn from
Il in disgust. lived on quinine and
other StimulantS aud 0a myself, like q
bear in winter. The quiuine set my
head in whirl. and the liquOr-giyen
AS q medicine made my stomach so
sick / could not tolerate it.
From 175 pounds tmy proper weight
ran down to "a pounds the weight
Of light girl-and was scarcely better
than 4 skeleton.
II anybody hat taken Ratchet aud
Knocked me d0CH and killed me / should
haze been better II.
During the latter part Of this period,
early in 1886, my physician said:
Miller. there's no Use in my taking
any more money % YOU. can't du YOU
any GOOD. might pour pounds of qui-
u;nc down youI throat and it wouldn't
help YOU
On The strength Of this gave up the
use Of guinire altogether. and made up
my miud 70 10 nothing more and take
my chances.
Three weeks afterwards shout the
last II May-my vii. saw IN advertise
myut Of KaSkipe in New York paper
Sh- told me of it, | said: STUFF and
n",sense. it cau't do me any good.
But she went To q DRUGGISTS. neverthc-
less. 10 get il. Tia, druggist advised
her against KaSkiue: lac said it was
nothing but sugar; ihr she ought not
tn throw away a.. m uey on it. &c
He said he didu Keep :, hut could re;
il il she insisted ut saving it. Turn
ing away in disgust my wife spoke to
our neighbor. Mr.. \. e.. Hegewald.
who got her bottle 1T drug store in
Sixth avenue.
Almost against my viii, and without
the least faith. | began taking it. In
one week | was better | began to
>ieep. l stopped seeing ghosts"
began to have an appetite and to gain
strength. This was now the first of
June, 1886. and by the end of that
month l was back at my bench at c. Z.
smiths scroll saving factory in 10th
street, where / work now.
Since then | have never lost day
from sickness. Taking Kaskine only.
about forty pellets in four equal doses
day, / continued 70 gain. The ma
ltria appeared to be killed in my syS-
tenn, and now I've got back my old
weight-175 poUndS-and my old
strength 20 labor. | am an astonish-
ment to myself and to my friends, and
ID Kaskine did not do this | don't know
what did. The only greater thing it
could do would We 60 bring 4 dead man
to life. FREDERICK \. MILLER,
$50 East ij1;i Street, New York.
P. S.-For the absolute truth of the
above statement refer 10 the following
gentlemen, who are personally ac-
quainted with the facts: Mr.. Alex
an3er Weir. 626 l56ih St; Mr.. George
Seaman, ljSth street snd Courtlandt
avenue; Mr. \. MOebuS. l54th street
and Courtlandt avenue; Mr.. P. F.
NHupel. ljith street and COurtlandt
avenue; Mr.. John Luuny, $50 East
- street. Mr. JohG &cnShaw, l2+
12t;h street and many others. will
ai>o reply % letters Of inquiry.
We submit that the above aStoniSh-
in cure. vouchcd for rs il is by repu-
table men. Is deserving of thorough
and candid investigation by thinking
people. And we further submit that
when druggists turn away customers
by falSifving the character of a remedy
because they do not happen to have it
on hand. they DO a great wrong. II
this afflicted man had not diSregarded
the druggists advice and sent else
where for the remedy he would without
doubt have been in his grave.
Other letters of similar character
from prominent individuals, which
stamp Kaskiuc Is remedy Of un-
dnnhted mort. will be srmt ON applica-